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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 27th March 2019 “Still the hog trade flies to £99 for Bob Coad” MARKET ENTRIES Please pre-enter stock by Tuesday 3.30pm PHONE 01872 272722 TEXT (Your name & stock numbers) Cattle/Calves 07771 817307 Sheep 07977 662443 This week’s £10 draw winner: Mr. M.T. Cardell of Ashton TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 29 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 38 cull cows & bulls, 234 store cattle including 16 suckler cows & calves, 57 rearing calves & stirks and 506 finished & store sheep UTM PRIME CATTLE HIGHEST PRICE BULLOCK Each Wednesday the highest price prime steer/heifer sold p/kg will be commission free Auctioneer – Andrew Body Slightly fewer prime cattle this week but trade and demand saw an improvement on recent weeks and overall averages as good, if not better than last week. Leading the averages were two good weight 600kg+ Limousin x heifers from Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne at 205p/kg (£1,244) and 203p/kg, both being purchased by Trevarthens of Roskrow. Steers to a premium of 195p/kg, firstly for a young Limousin x for Mr. D. Jenkin of Manaccan selling to Messrs. K. & D. McFadden Butchers of St. Just and also a South Devon x steer for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian going to Trevarthens. Top value at £1,313 was a 710kg Aberdeen Angus x steer from Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin bought by Messrs. W.A. Rapson & Sons of Tavistock. 16 Steers & 4 Heifers – leading prices Limousin x heifer to 205p (607kg) for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Limousin x heifer to 203p (600kg) for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Limousin x steer to 195p (596kg) for Mr. D. Jenkin of Manaccan, Helston South Devon x steer to 195p (575kg) for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian, Hayle Aberdeen Angus x steer to 186p (591kg) for Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin, Helston Aberdeen Angus x steer to 185p (710kg) for Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x steer to 185p (651kg) for Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin, Helston Aberdeen Angus x steer to 184p (691kg) for Nicholls & Co. of Sandy Lane, Redruth Limousin x steer to 180p (645kg) for Messrs. J. & J. Sawle & Son of Beacon, St. Agnes Limousin x heifer to 180p (575kg) for Messrs. J. & J. Sawle & Son of Beacon, St. Agnes Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 171.3p/kg Heifers – 167.3p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 195p av. 188.33p Premium to 205p av. 204.00p Prime to 180p av. 176.80p Prime to 180p Others to 168p av. 162.33p Others to 146p All Steers av. 178.64p All Heifers av. 183.50p - 2 - - OTM PRIME CATTLE Auctioneer – Andrew Body A South Devon steer and heifer from Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian topped the OTMs at 158p/kg and 157p/kg to David Ellis of Lelant and Roger Eddy of Tehidy respectively. Top value at £1,203 was grand 841kg Limousin x steer for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne purchased by David King of Exminster. 4 Steers & 5 Heifers South Devon x steer to 158p (634kg) for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian, Hayle South Devon x heifer to 157p (659kg) for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian, Hayle South Devon x steer to 150p (605kg) for Messrs. R.E, G.L. & M.R. Body of Hayle Friesian heifer to 149p (671kg) for Messrs. B.H, G.J. & F.B.W. Ely of St. Keverne, Helston Aberdeen Angus x steer to 146p (631kg) for Messrs. R.E, G.L. & M.R. Body of Hayle Limousin x steer to 143p (841kg) for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Overall Averages: OTM Steers to 158p/kg av. 148.77p/kg OTM Heifers to 157p/kg av. 139.25p/kg CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body Cull cow numbers are steady but top prices and overall averages are on an improving trend, especially for the well-covered types. Limousin x cows topping the beef types to 138p/kg and £1,029 for Messrs. C.D. & S.C. Rodda of Crantock purchased by David Ellis of Lelant. Leading Friesian at 121p/kg for Mr. W.H.F. Harvey of Lanivet selling to Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. Bulls sold well to a premium of 110p/kg for a Friesian from Messrs. B.H, G.J. & F.B.W. Ely of St. Keverne and a huge 1225kg Aberdeen Angus realised £1,274 for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, both bought by David Ellis. 14 Beef Cows – leading prices Limousin x to 138p (746kg) for Messrs. C.D. & S.C. Rodda of Crantock, Newquay Limousin x to 136p (710kg) for Messrs. D.L. & A.E. Grigg of Goonhavern, Truro South Devon x to 128p (773kg) for Mr. D. Jenkin of Manaccan, Helston Simmental x to 128p (717kg) for Messrs. D.L. & A.E. Grigg of Goonhavern, Truro Limousin x to 125p (746kg) for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Simmental x to 124p (764kg) for Messrs. D.L. & A.E. Grigg of Goonhavern, Truro Limousin x to 122p (729kg) for Mr. R.T. Dunn of Par, St. Austell - 3 - - 21 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 121p (643kg) for Mr. W.H.F. Harvey of Lanivet, Bodmin Friesian to 118p (741kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 118p (582kg) for Messrs. J.A. & L.S.M. Tripconey of St. Keverne, Helston Friesian to 112p (773kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Norwegian Red x to 110p (710kg) for Messrs. H.K, D.M. & N.T. Jeffery of Summercourt, Newquay Friesian to 109p (788kg) for Messrs. J.A. & L.S.M. Tripconey of St. Keverne, Helston Friesian to 109p (744kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 106p (693kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Breed Averages: Limousin x to 138p/kg av. 124.40p/kg South Devon x to 128p/kg Simmental x to 128p/kg av. 110.75p/kg Friesian to 121p/kg av. 97.33p/kg Norwegian Red x to 110p/kg av. 87.00p/kg Charolais x to 97p/kg 3 Cull Bulls Friesian to 110p (1044kg) for Messrs. B.H, G.J. & F.B.W. Ely of St. Keverne, Helston Aberdeen Angus to 104p (1225kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 138p/kg av. 111.15p/kg Dairy Cows to 121p/kg av. 96.85p/kg Cull Bulls to 110p/kg av. 98.00p/kg STORE CATTLE Auctioneers – Patrick Dennis & Andrew Body A super entry of store cattle met a cracking trade with plenty of demand from a strong contingent of buyers around the ring. Top price of the day came from an entry of Charolais x steers for Messrs. J. & S. Trembath of Zennor with the 2 year old pair hitting £1,145 and a younger pair at £1,095. Second-top at £1,140 was a super single 18 month old Limousin x steer for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin. A grand run of British Blue dairy x cattle from Messrs. J.A. & J.H. Mann of Zennor saw steers hit £1,105 and a good 20 month old Shorthorn x steer made £1,100 for Messrs. D.G. Lambrick & Son of St. Keverne. A strong yearling trade saw a standout British Blue x steer at £970 for Mr. B.R. Wynter of St. Buryan and a trio of Charolais steers from Mr. K.R. Williams of Tehidy £935 apiece. Topping the heifers at £1,040 were a 22 month old British Blue x pair for Messrs. Osborne Bros. of St. Just. - 4 - - 144 Steers – leading prices 2yo Charolais x to £1,145 for Messrs. J. & S. Trembath of Zennor, St. Ives British Blue x to £1,105 for Messrs. J.A. & J.H. Mann of Zennor, St. Ives Limousin x to £1,080 for Mr. H.J. May of Trispen, Truro Hereford x to £1,040 for Messrs. A.J. & S.T. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston 1½yo Limousin x to £1,140 for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin, Helston Shorthorn x to £1,100 for Messrs. D.G. Lambrick & Son of St. Keverne, Helston Charolais x to £1,095 for Messrs. J. & S. Trembath of Zennor, St. Ives British Blue x to £940 for Messrs. J.A. & J.H. Mann of Zennor, St. Ives Hereford x to £940 for Messrs. R.A. & R.D. Bryant of Bodmin Simmental x to £745 for Messrs. W.W. James & Sons of Sancreed, Penzance Friesian to £685 for Messrs. J.S. & A.M. Nicholls of Newbridge, Penzance 1yo British Blue x to £970 for Mr. B.R. Wynter of St. Buryan, Penzance Charolais x to £935 for Mr. K.R. Williams of Tehidy, Camborne Hereford x to £875 for Messrs. A. & M.E. Vague of St. Issey, Wadebridge South Devon x to £840 for Mrs. S.A. Eustice of Gwinear, Hayle Limousin x to £800 for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro Aberdeen Angus x to £765 for Mr. I. Norman of Lanteglos-by-Fowey Simmental x to £760 for Mr. I. Norman of Lanteglos-by-Fowey Friesian to £470 for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro 9mo Hereford x to £700 for Messrs. P.T. & M.C. & I.M. Noy of Breage, Helston South Devon x to £650 for Mr. A. Thomas of St.